De Mole River, South Australia

De Mole River South Australia
De Mole River
Coordinates	35°43′44″S136°48′17″E / 35.728980°S 136.804650°E / -35.728980; 136.804650
Population	3 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established	2002 [2]
Postcode(s)	5223 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	186 km (116 mi) south-west of Adelaide
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council [2]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4]
County	Carnarvon [2]
State electorate(s)	Mawson [5]
Federal division(s)	Mayo [6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.1 °C 72 °F 11.5 °C 53 °F 534.0 mm 21 in
Localities around De Mole River: Investigator Strait Cape Borda De Mole River Western River Gosse Cape Borda Gosse Gosse
Footnotes	Distances [3] Coordinates [2] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [2]

De Mole River is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about 175 kilometres (109 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide. ^[3]

The locality's boundaries were created in May 2002 for the "long established name" which is reported to be derived from the stream located within its boundaries. ^{[2] [8]} The name is of unknown origin, but was established by 1855, ^[9] several years before the survey by Captain Douglas and George de Mole. ^[10] Nevertheless Rodney Cockburn asserts that it has a "similar derivation" to Point De Mole, Streaky Bay, named by Captain Douglas in 1858. ^[11]

The principal land use within the locality is conservation and some agriculture, with uncleared land and land adjoining the coastline having additional statutory constraints to 'conserve natural flora and fauna' and "conserve the natural features of the coast". ^{[12] [2]}

De Mole River is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. ^{[6] [5] [2]}

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1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "De Mole River (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Search result for "De Mole River (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0027114) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas" and "Hundreds"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
3. "De Mole River, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
4. "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
5. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
6. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE BORDA (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
8. Department for Environment and Heritage; Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Region (2007). "Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Region - Estuaries Information Package" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 5. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
9. "Kangaroo Island". South Australian Register . Vol. XIX, no. 2671. South Australia. 17 April 1855. p. 2. Retrieved 5 October 2025– via National Library of Australia.
10. "Resurvey of Kangaroo Island". Adelaide Observer . Vol. XV, no. 837. South Australia. 17 October 1857. p. 1 (Supplement). Retrieved 7 October 2025– via National Library of Australia.
11. Rodney Cockburn (1990). South Australia: What's in a Name?. Axiom. ISBN   095925191X.
12. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 117, 159–160 and 267–269. Retrieved 8 March 2016.